Mapping the End Times

Over the last quarter-century, evangelicalism has become an important social and political force in modern America. Here, new voices in the field are brought together with leading scholars such as William E. Connolly, Michael Barkun, Simon Dalby, and Paul Boyer to produce a timely examination of the spatial dimensions of the movement, offering useful and compelling insights on the intersection between politics and religion. This comprehensive study discusses evangelicalism in its different forms, from the moderates to the would-be theocrats who, in anticipation of the Rapture, seek to impose their interpretations of the Bible upon American foreign policy. The result is a unique appraisal of the movement and its geopolitical visions, and the wider impact of these on America and the world at large. Introduction, TristanSturm, JasonDittmer; Part I Contesting the American Holy Land; Chapter 1 “What would Lee do?” Religion and the Moral Landscapes of Southern Nationalism in the United States, DavidJansson; Chapter 2 Contests over Latter-day Space, EthanYorgason; Chapter 3 Obama, Son of Perdition?, JasonDittmer; Part II American Evangelical Exceptionalism; Chapter 4 Apocalyptic Exceptionalism, SimonDalby; Chapter 5 The ‘New World Order’ and American Exceptionalism, MichaelBarkun; Chapter 6 Imagining Apocalyptic Geopolitics, TristanSturm; Part III Missionary Geopolitics; Chapter 7 The Problematic Synergy Between Evangelicals and the U.S. State in Sub-Saharan Africa, HannesGerhardt; Chapter 8 Reaching the Unreached in the 10/40 Window, Ju Hui JudyHan; Chapter 9 Between Armageddon and Hope, CarolynGallaher; Chapter 101 Afterword, PaulBoyer;